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to engage with industry and discuss ongoing research projects
and capabilities.
MECHANISMS FOR COLLABORATION
Two congressionally mandated programs—Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology
Transfer (STTR)—were created to promote technological inno-
vation and economic growth among small businesses through
federal investment. SBIR and STTR allow small, high-tech U.S .
businesses and academia the opportunity to provide innova-
tive research and development solutions in response to critical
DOD needs.
Five federal agencies participate in both SBIR and STTR:
• DOD.
• NASA.
• Department of Health and Human Services.
• National Science Foundation.
• Department of Energy.
Six federal agencies participate in the SBIR program only:
• Department of Agriculture.
• Environmental Protection A genc y.
• Department of Education.
• Department of Homeland Sec urity.
• Department of Transportation.
• Department of Commerce.
CRADAS
The preferred vehicle for technology transfer is a cooperative
research and development agreement (CR ADA), which allows
MRMC investigators to collaborate with scientists in indus-
try and academia and work toward a common research goal.
CR ADAs allow federal laboratories to collaborate on R&D with
nonfederal parties and are used for nondisclosure agreements,
material transfer agreements and complex R&D collaborations.
Visit the MRMC’s Office of Research and Technology Appli-
cations (ORTA) at ht t p://technologytransfer.amedd.army.
mil/index.c f m to learn more about the possibility of creating
a CRADA with MRMC.
MRMC also has technologies available for licensing. For licens-
ing opportunities, please contact ORTA at USArmy.Detrick.
MEDCOM-MRMC.List.ORTA@mail.mil.
OTHER WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS
The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC)
consists of industry, academia and other entities organized and
operated through a nonprofit corporation. MTEC currently has
more than 200 members and is seeking new members from the
following areas:
• Small and large businesses.
• Academic medical research organizations.
• Not-for-profit organizations.
• Nontraditional government contractors.
MRMC works with MTEC through a prototype other trans-
action agreement, which provides a flexible method to combine
public and private resources to focus research, prototype devel-
opment and commercialization on specific shared military and
civilian medical technology needs.
An other transaction agreement is a funding vehicle used by
federal agencies for obtaining or advancing R&D or prototypes.
It’s generally used with small businesses and nontraditional
contractors, but traditional contractors can be funded through
that way if certain criteria are met. Other transaction authority
is not a contract or assistance agreement.
MRMC’s decision
gate provides a
governance structure
for the development of
products throughout the
acquisition process, and
features event-driven
milestones that allow
successful products
to move along the
development pathway.
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